adding to my list of things that should never happen.
Come over here and sit next to me, dear.
Oh, God. Oh, God. My hair. My hair! The government gave me bad hair!
Cordelia ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Natter 39 and Holding
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Oct 18, 2005 12:19:16 pm PDT #7135 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
msbelle - Oct 18, 2005 12:20:10 pm PDT #7136 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
oh sure, now be nice. you won't even take my calls.
sarameg - Oct 18, 2005 12:24:13 pm PDT #7137 of 10002
adding to my list of things that should never happen.
I was trying to explain this to former officemate. He thought I was being weird. But then, he met his wife when she worked here.
I have a matchmaking friend. She's finally learned to NOT try with me. You can tell she has to work really hard to restrain herself, though. It's funny.
dw - Oct 18, 2005 12:26:54 pm PDT #7138 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
Question time:
The DOCUMENT FROM HELL needs to be published on the web. The main body is nearly 2MB, the appendicies 5MB. I'm thinking I want to break the pieces up by chapter and offer them as individual PDFs. But I'm not sure anyone would want to download what would be 20 separate files.
So... 20 files? 20 files + 2 files (for main + append)? 1 big honking file?
JenP - Oct 18, 2005 12:28:46 pm PDT #7139 of 10002
What a great read, Allyson. Can't wait to walk into a bookstore and buy it to read the rest.
shrift - Oct 18, 2005 12:30:33 pm PDT #7140 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
In my day, "jacked up" meant the rear end of your car was way higher than the front end.
The meaning remains similar here, but that's because we're a little redneck, and like our trucks on rilly rilly big-ass makes-the-cab-look-like-a-Tonka wheels.
DXMachina - Oct 18, 2005 12:32:01 pm PDT #7141 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
So... 20 files? 20 files + 2 files (for main + append)? 1 big honking file?
Is the document aimed at folks likely to have broadband, or home users? I'd either do one big file, or split the main body and the appendix, so there's two. We once did a 10 MB catalog .pdf both as a single file and as chapters, and more people just downloaded the whole thing.
Connie Neil - Oct 18, 2005 12:33:52 pm PDT #7142 of 10002
brillig
From the rumor story:
President Bush would elevate Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
t cue the bad German accent "Here? Und now??"
Nutty - Oct 18, 2005 12:36:12 pm PDT #7143 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
If there's any cross-referencing at all, go with the whole shebang approach. When I was on dialup, I could set a big download and go make coffee or something; but a lot of medium-sized downloads made me like, Is this really important? Can I get by with only one part?
I hear "jack" or "jack up" and think (a) home run and the enthusiasm spawned by same and (b) steroids. The car thing is a distant third. Perhaps I am thinking a bit provincially; FYI, I am unlikely to say either of these myself, but I watch enough ESPN that I have a tiny Steven A. Smith, like my own personal Satan, sitting on my shoulder.
DavidS - Oct 18, 2005 12:36:42 pm PDT #7144 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Gollum as veep? Eep!
Speaking of people who may not always look human, the front page of Salon has a story on Joan Didion and next to the story a little thumbnail photograph. And I glanced at the photograph and thought, "What does an albino monkey have to do with Joan Didion?" And then I looked closer and realized that it was a b/w picture of Joan Didion.
But she totally looked like a cappucine monkey.